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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Simon Romero, New Fields May Propel Americas To Top of Oil Companies’ Lists
; The energy sector may be taking a westward turn. New York Times, Sept 20,
2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/world/americas/recent-discove
-americas-back-in-oil-companies-sights.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=oil%20sands&st=cse
Quote:
“'This is an historic shift that’s occurring, recalling the time before
World War II when the U.S. and its neighbors in the hemisphere were the
world’s main source of oil,' said Daniel Yergin, an American oil historian.
"Canada, for instance, is already the top petroleum exporter to the United
States, followed by Mexico. * * * As the United States has cut OPEC imports
by more than a million barrels a day since 2007, Brazil and Colombia have
emerged as leading suppliers to the American market, surpassing Kuwait.
Note:
(a) In July this year, Brazil started constructing on its soil the first of
the four conventional-propulsion Scorpène-class submarines, under contract
with France's DCNS, which will also assist Brazil in building a nuclear
submarine
(b) The report stated "there is an effort under way to build a pipeline to
the Gulf Coast, stirring an environmental debate."
The project is Keystone Pipeline, in hope of transport "synthetic crude oil"
(processed from oil sand or shale) from Alberta, Canada to refineries in
Illinois, Oklahoma and further to the US Gulf Coast.
(c) Pre-salt oil is below salt beds, which in turn is in the sea floor. Go
to images.google.com and enter the search term (pre-salt) and you will
understand.
(d) The report mentions US and Brazil as "the hemisphere’s two largest
economies."
List of countries by GDP (nominal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
(US $14.6b > Brazil $2.1b > Canada $1.9b > Mexico $1.0b) |
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